Oil burner



May 25 1925. 1,555,941

E. c. SIEBERT i OIL BURNER Filed sept.' 23'i 1925 S14/uente@ Patented May 25, 1926.

IELMER C. SIEBERT, 0F EREEBURG, ILLINOIS.

y OIL BURNER.

Application filed September AThis invention relates to new and useful improvements in oil burners, and particularly to oil burners which are adapted for use in cook stoves, or ranges which use coal.

' One object of the invention is to, provide a simple and eflicient device which is adapted to be placed onthe grate of the stove, and means for supplying liquid `fuel to a burner ofvs'aid device. i v

Another object is to provide novel means for priming or starting the burner, for heating the gas generator.

Another object is to provide a drip receiving means, for catching the excess fuel, while the act of priming is being performed, whereby to prevent accumulation of fuel in the stove, or on the device, which would cause smoke and disagreeable odors.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

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The figure is a perspective view of the device partly broken away, to disclose otherwise hidden parts.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the grate bars, on which the invention is disposed. That portion of the invention which rests on the grate bars 10, comprises an elongated metal member 11, having its ends turned downwardly, as at 12, to rest on the grate bars, and hold the main portion of the member in elevated position above said bars. In the center of the elevated portion of the member 11 there is formed an opening 13, and surrounding said opening is a channel or gutter 14, in which is disposed a wick 15.A In the member 11, at one side of the opening, is an opening 16, through which is vertically disposed a portion of the liquid fuel conveying pipe 17, which leads to the fuel tank 18, mounted at a convenient point adjacent the stove. The upper end of the vertical portion of this pipe 17 is connected with an end of the gas generating chamber 19, which is properly supported, within dthe stove, directly above the opening 13, of the member 11. In t-he lower side of the chamber 19 there is formed a small nipple 20, through which the liquid fuel is adapted to escape, when priming the burner, and through which the generated gas issues, after the said chamber has become properly heated. Encircling the said vertical portion of the pipe 23, 1925. Serial No. 58,141.

17,4 above the member 11, is one portion of a T-coupling 21, which is adapted to Vrotate on said vertical pipe, a pipe 22 being Vengaged in the end of the horizontal portion of the coupling and having a pan 23 on its outer end, communicating with the interior of the pipe 22, and a downwardly directed nipple 24 on the end adjacent the coupling, this nipple being disposed to discharge the fuel ,fromY the pipe 22, onto the wick 15, in the channel 14.

Disposed directly beneath the center of the opening 13 is a small pan or tray 25, from the bottom of which leads a pipe 26, for conveying ofi excess fuel, which has dripped from the nipple 20, of the generating chamber 19, a suitable receptacle being adapted to be placed to receive such excess fuel, but not being shown. A suitable valve 27 is disposed in the pipe 17, at a point for` conveniently controlling the supply of fuel, from the tank.

In the operation of the invention, the con trol valve 27 is opened to permit fuel to flow through the pipe 17 into the generator chamber 19, from whence it escapes from the nipple 2O into the pan 23, from whence it flows outwardly through the pipe 22, and down onto the wick 15, from the nipple 24. It will, of course, be understood that the pipe 22 is swung around until the nipple 24 is directly over the wick. After the wick has become saturated, the valve is closed, and the fuel in the wick ignited. The heat from this burning fuel rises so as to cause the chamber 19 to become hot, and when said chamber is sufliciently hot, the valve is again opened so that the fuel may flow to the said chamber. As the fuel enters the chamber it is quickly converted into gas and issues from the nipple 20, where it is ignite-d. The Haines from this burning gas keeps the chamber 19 in a suiiiciently heated condition to continue the vaporization of the liquid fuel which flows into the chamber from the fuel tank.

After the pipe 22 has served its purpose in delivering the fuel to the wick, and the fuel is being converted into gas, the said pipe is swung around toward one side, out of the line of the flames. Air, to aid the combustion of the gas, is supplied upwardly through the grate and the central opening 13 in the member 11.

v What is claimed is:

1. A liquid fuel burner including a support having an opening, a wick surrounding said opening, a generating chamber supported above the opening, a nipple on the generating chamber for discharging liquid fuel centrally of said opening, means for delivering liquid fuel to the chamber, and means supported on the fuel delivering means for receiving fuel from the said nipple and conveying same to said wick.

` 2. A liquid fuel burner including a support having an opening surrounded by a channel, a wick in the channel, a gas generating chamber above the opening and having a discharge opening in position to discharge downwardly through the center of said opening, means for delivering fuel to the said chamber, -and a conduit movably supported and having a terminal pan disposed in position to receive liquid fuel from the discharge opening of the generating chamber and having a discharge means adjacent its other end to deliver said oil to said wick.

3. A liquid fuel burner including a member having a central opening surrounded by a channel, a wick in the channel, a gas generating chamber supported above the opening and having a discharging nipple for delivering liquid fuel, at times for priming, and gas generated in the chamber, at times, means for supplying liquid fuel to the gas generating chamber, and a conduit swiveled on the fuel supplying means and having means on one end for receiving fuel from the generating chamber, and a discharging means for delivering the fuel to the wick.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ELMER C. SIEBERT. 

